James A. Lord, FASLA, Posits Landscape Design Fosters Meaningful Connections
James A. Lord, FASLA, is a founding partner of Surfacedesign, Inc. He provides design vision to lead the firm’s diverse portfolio of internationally award-winning landscapes.
Firm Honored With Multiple Awards for Design Excellence and Historic Expertise
DETROIT, MI: McIntosh Poris Associates was recently recognized by local professional organizations for its sensitive design and rehabilitation of historic buildings in Detroit.
50% Support Renovation of Existing Buildings, 85% Favor Encyclopedic Collection in One Location
LOS ANGELES—A recent online poll of 2,746 respondents finds that only 5% approve of the current Peter Zumthor-designed scheme for a new Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).
Associate Principal, Associate, Technical Director, and Interior Director Elevate Firm Talent
SAN FRANCISCO: Form4 Architecture—a leader in designing creative, dynamic, and empowering solutions for Bay Area innovators, developers, municipalities, and institutions—advances Colin Speer, LEED AP, to Associate Principal, and Steven King, IIDA, to Associate.
Coop Himmelb(l)au, Barkow Leibinger, Reiser + Umemoto Among ‘LACMA Not LackMA’ Entrants
LOS ANGELES—The jury for “LACMA Not LackMA” has selected six leading ideas that could contribute to an alternate design for a new Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), correcting major shortcomings of the currently proposed scheme.
‘LACMA Not LackMA’ Addresses Severe Weaknesses in Current Design
LOS ANGELES—More than 70 international architecture firms are entering the “LACMA Not LackMA” design competition to present alternatives to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s (LACMA) current plan to construct a controversial building that fails to hold its encyclopedic collection.
Pop-Up Exhibition Space Upends Traditional Artist-Viewer Dynamic
BLACK ROCK CITY, NV: Architect/artist John Marx, AIA, joins with artist Absinthia Vermut and builder Jerry James to develop The Museum of No Spectators (MoNS) intended to be built at Burning Man 2020 (scheduled for August 30th-September 7th).
Associate Principal, Senior Associates, and Associates Elevated From Within
LOS ANGELES: CO Architects, a leader in designing creative, sustainable, and exemplary solutions for healthcare, education, and research facilities, advances Michael Stebbins, AIA, to Associate Principal; and Lauren Coles, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, and Carolina Ziebell to Senior Associate.
John Marx, AIA, Releases First Book of Watercolor Paintings and Poems
Études—The Poetry of Dreams + Other Fragments (ORO Editions, February 2020), by architect John Marx, AIA, features 84 watercolors juxtaposed with 40 short poems that complement the observational and existential qualities of his art.
McIntosh Poris Associates Renovates Precast Concrete Multifamily Building
DETROIT: Updates to City Club Apartments Lafayette Park designed by McIntosh Poris Associates will create the illusion of an 18-story “tree” growing in Downtown Detroit.